CNG 99, Lot: 347. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114/3-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.44 g, 1h). Tarsos mint. First reign at Tarsos, struck circa 114/3-112 BC. Diademed head right within fillet border / Sandan standing right on back of horned lion-griffin standing right upon garlanded altar with baldachin; two monograms to outer left. SC 2349.1a (this coin referenced); HGC 9, 1230. Good VF, toned, light marks and scratches, struck from a slightly rusty obverse die.
Ex Dr. Brad Bowlin Collection.